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How to Redeem City National Bank CNB Visa Infinite Points for Cash Back, Gift Cards & Merchandise

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Good morning everyone.  After yesterday’s massive devaluation of the City National Bank CNB Crystal Visa Infinite Credit Card (Doctor of Credit and Frequent Miler), I started planning to close this credit card since my $400 annual fee is scheduled to be billed later this month.  But first, I had a few orphaned CNB Points that I wanted to redeem.  If you only have a few thousand CNB Points, there are not many good redemption offers, but I will show you what I saw and what I learned during this process.  To get started, sign into your CNB Rewards account or create an account.

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From the CNB Rewards homepage, click the triangle next to Shop Rewards and click on a category.

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Here are all the rewards you can get with your CNB Points.

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Let’s look at the Cash Back and Gift Cards categories first.

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The smallest cash back redemption is $25 cash back for 3,000 CNB Points (0.83 CPP).

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If you prefer gift cards, there are several gift card options, but here is a $50 Amazon Gift Card for 5,500 CNB Points (0.91 CPP).

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If you prefer Visa Gift Cards, you can get a $100 CNB Visa Gift Card for 13,000 CNB Points (0.77 CPP).

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If you are really on a budget, you can click on “View Items for My Balance” which will show you all options from 0 up to your CNB Points balance.  There is also a cash and points option called “View Items for My Balance and Payment Card” which will show you select items you can get with your CNB Points and a small purchase on your City National Bank CNB Crystal Visa Infinite Credit Card.  With the cash and points option, you can buy up to 50% of the CNB Points you need for a redemption.

Let’s say I was interested in this knife set.  It costs 2,600 CNB Points, but I only have 2,281 CNB Points.  I can use the slider on the bottom to use up all 2,281 CNB Points and purchase the missing 319 CNB Points for $2.79 (purchase CNB Points for 0.87 CPP).

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Another option is this fabric steamer for 4,500 CNB Points.  I can purchase the missing 2,219 CNB Points for $19.43 (purchase CNB Points for 0.87 CPP).

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I looked through all the categories to see what I could afford with my 2,281 CNB Points and decided to get this hot/cold pack for my head.  It “only” cost 1,900 CNB Points, so I didn’t need to buy any more CNB Points.  I decided to add this item to my cart and check out.

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I selected standard shipping which is free, but there are options for priority and express shipping that cost a few thousand CNB Points.

After checking out, I have 381 CNB Points left over.  At this point, I am fairly confident there is absolutely nothing I can buy for 381 CNB Points.  I also received a confirmation email for my order.

I am glad that I used up the majority of the CNB Points I received from the 75,000 point sign up bonus last year, but I am sad to lose this credit card.  I was a big fan of the $100 Visa Infinite airline discount and was looking forward to using that feature a few times in the coming months.  If you have any questions about redeeming your CNB Points, please leave a comment below.  Have a great weekend everyone!


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7 thoughts on “How to Redeem City National Bank CNB Visa Infinite Points for Cash Back, Gift Cards & Merchandise

  1. debit

    Why are you canceling the card or in other words what other card is better than this one that you would rather have that one?

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    1. Grant Post author

      Basically, the $400 annual fee does not justify the benefits I get from keeping this card. I have several other travel reward credit cards that provide the benefits I need. I put a majority of my spend on the Chase Sapphire Reserve and AMEX Gold credit cards.

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    1. Grant Post author

      CNB Points are worth a little more than 1 CPP when you redeem for travel, but the CNB travel portal has extra booking fees so flights are more expensive than booking through Chase or Citi.

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